On Wednesday 5 July 2023 MPs will debate action needed to ensure the fair treatment of Black, Asian, minoritised and migrant women and girls who are victims of domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence, and who find themselves in the dock as a result.
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A debate we have organised with the Tackling Double Disadvantage partnership about Black, Asian, minoritised and migrant victims of violence against women and girls (VAWG) who are accused of offending is taking place on 5 July 2023.
Read moreUndercover Police Inquiry first interim report "the end not justified by the means"
The Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) has today (29 June 2023) published its first report into the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) a secret unit within the Metropolitan Police.
Read morePR: What’s Changed? End-to-End Rape Review two years on
Two years on from the government’s End-to-End Rape Review, far too many victims and survivors of rape continue to be failed, according to a new report released by Centre for Women’s Justice, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Imkaan and Rape Crisis England & Wales.
Read moreDefeating the Silencing of Women Speaking Out About Sexual Assault: Panel Discussion Recording
Recording from the panel discussion at our ‘Defeating the Silencing of Women Speaking Out About Sexual Assault’ event on 25 May 2023
Read moreMother of murdered child, Nikki Allan, demands a public inquiry into police failures
David Boyd, who was last Friday found guilty of the 1992 murder of seven-year old Nikki Allan has today (23 May 2023) been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 29 years at Newcastle Crown Court.
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CWJ Response to report of Baroness Casey's Review into the Metropolitan Police
Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan Police culture is without precedent in its unswerving criticism of a corrupt, institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic police force. We welcome her “no holds barred” approach and determination to go beyond the usual “learning the lessons” we have repeatedly seen with reports and reviews of policing over the years which have changed nothing.
Read moreUndercover Police Inquiry: Revealed – the continuity of misogyny in elite Metropolitan Police units from fifty years back to today’s scandals.
The recent revelations of horrific misogyny and racism within the Met Police exposed in the cases of David Carrick, Wayne Couzens, the Charing Cross police, the police officers who took selfies with the bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, has a history dating back at least fifty years.
Read morePolice Perpetrated Abuse Inquiry: The Angiolini Inquiry Consultation
Centre for Women’s Justice has submitted their response to the Angiolini Inquiry’s consultation on Part Two of the public inquiry set up following the conviction of Wayne Couzens.
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